Michael Beschloss — who runs one of the best accounts on Twitter if you’re into historical documents and photographs — just posted this image of a program from the 1946 World Series on his Twitter feed:

That classic World Series featured two of the greatest hitters of all time — Stan Musial for the Cardinals, Ted Williams for the Red Sox — and went the distance, with St. Louis coming out on top in Game 7, 4-3. Let’s hope for another memorable showing this year between two of the most-storied franchises in MLB.

They were certainly 2 of the greatest hitters of all time, but possibly not the greatest hitter to have ever played for those teams. A case can be made for Pujols over Stan the Man and I would argue that Babe Ruth was the greatest hitter to ever play for the Red Sox even if they used him as a pitcher.

How many years did Stan The Man play after MLB was integrated? His career numbers are skewed by racism.

nothanksimdriving123 - Oct 23, 2013 at 10:05 PM

Proudly, assuming you are being serious and not sarcastic with the racism comment, Musial played, if I can count properly, 17 seasons after MLB ceased to be all white guys. And I get the feeling that a player as good as Musial would have been just as successful against the best black pitchers and fielders as he was against the white fellows he succeeded against during his first few years.

The idea of the “collectable” didn’t really exist then, right? I mean, someone would spend 25 cents on it to get a scorecard and learn a little bit more about the opposing team’s players. Maybe you’d give it to your kid afterwards. But there was no idea that the program would some day be worth something, right?